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Bulgaria

Bulgaria is divided into 25 regions (Oblast, pl. Oblasti; also translated as provinces or districts) and these into 287 municipalities (Obshchina).
Prior to 2002, there were only 9 regions.

Note: In Bulgaria "mine" is usually used as an exploration-administrative term and not always coincides with the name of the ore deposit. Thus, a mine can include several deposits.

Mineral List

Mineral list contains entries from the region specified including sub-localities
Acanthite
Actinolite
Adamite
Aegirine
Aegirine-augite
Agardite-(La)
Agardite-(Nd)
Agardite-(Y)
Aikinite
Alabandite
Alacránite
Albite
'Albite-Anorthite Series'
'Allanite'
Alloclasite
Almandine
Altaite
Aluminium
Aluminocopiapite
Alunite
Alunogen
Analcime
Anatase
Andalusite
Andradite
Anglesite
Anhydrite
Ankerite
Anthophyllite
Antigorite
Antlerite
'Apatite'
Apjohnite
'Apophyllite'
Aragonite
Ardaite (TL)
Argentopentlandite
Arsenic
Arseniosiderite
Arsenopyrite
'Arsenosulvanite'
Arsentsumebite
Augite
var: Soda-Augite
Aurichalcite
Azurite
Balkanite (TL)
Baryte
Bavenite
Beaverite-(Cu)
Benjaminite
Berryite
Berthierine
Berthierite
Bertrandite
Beryl
var: Aquamarine
var: Emerald
var: Goshenite
Betekhtinite
'Biotite'
Bismuth
Bismuthinite
Bohdanowiczite
Bonattite
'Bonchevite'
Bornite
Boulangerite
Bournonite
Bowieite
Braggite
Braunite
Brochantite
Brookite
Buckhornite
Bustamite
Cacoxenite
Calaverite
Calcite
var: Manganoan Calcite
Caledonite
Carrollite
Cassiterite
Celadonite
Celestine
Cerussite
Cervelleite
Cesàrolite
'Chabazite'
Chalcanthite
Chalcoalumite
Chalcocite
Chalcocyanite
Chalcophanite
Chalcopyrite
Chamosite
'Chlorite Group'
Chromite
Chrysoberyl
Chrysocolla
Chrysotile
Cinnabar
Clausthalite
'Clay'
Clinochlore
var: Chromian Clinochlore

var: Delessite
var: Pennine
var: Ripidolite
Clinoclase
Clinohumite
'Clinoptilolite'
Clinozoisite
Cobaltite
Coffinite
'Columbite'
Colusite
Conichalcite
Cooperite
Copiapite
Copper
Corkite
Cornubite
Cornwallite
Coronadite
Corundum
Cosalite
Covellite
var: Argentian Covellite
Cristobalite
Cubanite
Cuprite
Cuprorhodsite
Cuproroméite
Dachiardite-Ca
'Davidite'
Diaspore
Dickite
Dietrichite
Digenite
Diopside
Djurleite
Dolomite
Dravite
'Dravite-Schorl Series'
Dumortierite
Duranusite
Emplectite
Enargite
var: Argentian Enargite
Epidote
'Erionite'
Erlichmanite
Eucairite
Euchroite
Famatinite
Faustite
var: Cuprofaustite
'Feldspar Group'
Ferberite
Ferricopiapite
Ferrierite-Mg
Ferro-katophorite
Fluorite
Foitite
Forsterite
Freibergite
Freieslebenite
Friedrichite
Fülöppite
Galena
Galenobismutite
Gallite
'Garnet'
Gartrellite
Germanite
Gersdorffite
Godlevskite
Godovikovite
Goethite
Gold
var: Electrum
Goldfieldite
Gonnardite
Graphite
Greenockite
Grossular
Gypsum
Halotrichite
Harmotome
Heazlewoodite
Hedenbergite
Hedleyite
Helvine
Hematite
var: Specularite
Hemimorphite
Hemusite (TL)
Hercynite
var: Chrompicotite

Hessite
Hetaerolite
Heteromorphite
'Heulandite'
Hinsdalite
Hollandite
Hollingworthite
Huangite
'Hydrogoethite'
Hydrohetaerolite
Hydrotalcite
Hydrotalcite-2H
Hydrozincite
Idaite
Illite
Ilmenite
Ilvaite
Irarsite
Iridium
Isoferroplatinum
Jalpaite
Jarosite
Johannsenite
Jordanite
'Joséite'
'Joséite-B'
Kaolinite
Kashinite
Kawazulite
Kesterite
'K Feldspar'
'var: Adularia'
Kolfanite
Kostovite (TL)
Krennerite
Krupkaite
Kutnohorite
Kyanite
Landesite
Laumontite
Laurite
Lepidocrocite
'Leucoxene'
Lillianite
'Limonite'
Linarite
Linnaeite
Löllingite
Ludwigite
Luzonite
Mackinawite
Magnesio-arfvedsonite
Magnesio-hornblende
Magnetite
var: Titaniferous Magnetite
Malachite
var: Zincian Malachite
'Manganese Oxides'
Manganilvaite (TL)
Manganite
Marcasite
Margarite
Mascagnite
Massicot
Matildite
Maucherite
Mckinstryite
Melanterite
'Melnikovite'
Merenskyite
Mertieite-II
Merwinite
Miargyrite
Michenerite
Microcline
Miharaite
Millerite
Millosevichite
Mimetite
'Minamiite'
Minium
Mogánite
Molybdenite
'Monazite'
Moncheite
Monticellite
Montmorillonite
Mordenite
Muscovite
var: Fuchsite
var: Sericite
Nadorite
Nagyágite
Natrolite
Naumannite
Neotocite
Nickeline
Ningyoite
Niter
Norsethite
Olivenite
var: Zincian Olivenite
'Olivine'
Opal
var: Milk Opal
var: Opal-AN
Orcelite
Orthoclase
Osarizawaite
Osmium
var: Iridosmine
Owyheeite
Palladoarsenide
Palygorskite
Paraschachnerite
Pargasite
Parnauite
Pearceite
Pekoite
Pentlandite
Petzite
Pharmacosiderite
Phlogopite
Pickeringite
Pigeonite
Plagionite
Platinum
var: Ferroan Platinum
Plumbogummite
Plumbojarosite
Poitevinite
Polybasite
Polydymite
Powellite
Prehnite
Proustite
Pseudobrookite
'Psilomelane'
'Pumpellyite'
Pyrargyrite
Pyrite
var: Bravoite
var: Cobaltoan Pyrite
var: Nickelian Pyrite
Pyroaurite
Pyrolusite
Pyromorphite
Pyrophyllite
Pyrostilpnite
'Pyroxene Group'
Pyrrhotite
Quartz
var: Agate
var: Amethyst
var: Chalcedony
var: Milky Quartz
var: Quartzine
var: Smoky Quartz
Rammelsbergite
Ramsdellite
Ranciéite
Realgar
Renierite
Rhodochrosite
Rhodonite
Richterite
Rickardite
Robinsonite
Romanèchite
Rosasite
Rozenite
Rutheniridosmine
Ruthenium
Rutile
Sanidine
'Scapolite'
Schapbachite
Scheelite
'Schirmerite'
Schorl
Scolecite
Scorodite
Semseyite
Siderite
Siderotil
Siegenite
Silver
var: Kongsbergite
Skinnerite
Smithsonite
Sperrylite
Spessartine
Sphalerite
var: Cleiophane
Spinel
Stannoidite
Staurolite
Stephanite
Stibiocolusite (TL)
Stibnite
'Stilbite'
Stolzite
Strashimirite (TL)
Strengite
Stromeyerite
Stützite
Sulphur
Sulvanite
Svanbergite
Sylvanite
Talc
Tellurium
Tellurobismuthite
Tennantite
Tenorite
Tetradymite
Tetrahedrite
var: Argentian Tetrahedrite
var: Mercurian Tetrahedrite
Thaumasite
'Thomsonite'
Titanite
'Tourmaline'
Tremolite
Troilite
Tschermigite
Tsumoite
Tungstite
Turquoise
Tyrolite
Ullmannite
'UM1979-17-S:BiCuFe' (TL)
Uraninite
Uranocircite
Vaesite
Variscite
Vasilite (TL)
Vermiculite
Vesuvianite
Violarite
Vulcanite
Wavellite
Weddellite
Weissite
Witherite
Wittichenite
'Wolframite'
'Wolframite Group'
Wollastonite
Woodhouseite
Wurtzite
Xenotime-(Y)
Xonotlite
Zeolite Group
Zincite
Zircon
Zoisite
Zunyite


459 entries listed. 378 valid minerals. 8 type localities (valid minerals). 1 type locality (other).

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References

I. Kostov, V. Breskovska, J. Mincheva-Stefanova, G. Kirov (1964): Minerals of Bulgaria. Sofia, Bulgaria, 540 pp. (in Bulgarian).

R. Dimitrov, V. Breskovska et al. (1988): Lead-Zinc Ore Deposits in Bulgaria. Sofia, Bulgaria, 257 pp. (in Bulgarian).

Márton, I., Moritz, R., & Spikings, R. (2010): Application of low-temperature thermochronology to hydrothermal ore deposits: formation, preservation and exhumation of epithermal gold systems from the Eastern Rhodopes, Bulgaria. Tectonophysics 483, 240-254.


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